198. We can all help provide "Soft Landings" for others with problems, especially at Church!
This is an article that I found on Meridian Magazine a couple of weeks ago. I believe it has some great ideas we can remember when we go to Church this Sunday, and look for strangers, (or our own ward members who may be lonely or having problems) -- who are visiting our Church! Thursday, July 10 2014 Soft Landings By Joni Hilton Last week in Ward Council, our bishop used a phrase that perfectly described what we can provide for tormented souls who come into our wards: Soft landings. The world provides the sorrow, the grief, the loss and disappointment; we can be there with open arms to help and heal as best we can. Raw with hurt and pain, members often find themselves in a congregation where they don’t know a single person. They may even be in a new part of the world where nothing seems familiar. Some people arrive not wearing what some might consider proper attire. Others come tenuously, unsure if they will be accepted.